#218E8D#218E8D

#218E8D is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.216; OKLCH L 58.9% C 0.093 H 194.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#218E8D
RGB	rgb(33, 142, 141)
HSL	hsl(179, 62%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(179, 77%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(76.8%, 0%, 0.7%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.59, -29.12, -8.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.59, 30.21, 195.45°)
OKLab	oklab(58.9% -0.09 -0.0224)
OKLCH	oklch(58.9% 0.093 194)
XYZ	xyz(15.1057, 21.5906, 28.5654)
Luminance	0.2159 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#218E8D #8E2122

analogous

#218E57 #218E8D #21588E

triadic

#218E8D #8D218E #8E8D21

tetradic

#218E8D #57218E #8E2122 #588E21

square

#218E8D #57218E #8E2122 #588E21

split-complementary

#218E8D #8E2158 #8E5721

monochromatic

#0A2B2A #155C5C #218E8D #2DC0BE #52D7D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.95

#218E8D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.32

#218E8D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #218E8D

5.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##218E8D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##218E8D	1.00	3.95	5.32	5.32
#FFFFFF	3.95	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#84878D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#757B8E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00938D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #218e8d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(33, 142, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.9% 0.093 194.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#71afae',
    500: '#218e8d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #218e8d;
$custom-light: #71afae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#218e8d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 33,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 179.45,
    "s": 62.286,
    "l": 34.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58903,
    "c": 0.09272,
    "h": 194
  },
  "luminance": 0.21592
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#218E8D

secondary

#BA5051

accent

#4244E5

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EDF4F4

border

#C8CECE

text

#091010

muted

#7B7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #218E8D

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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